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Proverbs 5:16

World English Bible

Should your springs overflow in the streets,
streams of water in the public squares?

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Proverbs 5:16 in other translations

Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

Proverbs 5:16 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 5:16 in context

  1. 14I have come to the brink of utter ruin,
    among the gathered assembly.”
  2. 15Drink water out of your own cistern,
    running water out of your own well.
  3. 16Should your springs overflow in the streets,
    streams of water in the public squares?
  4. 17Let them be for yourself alone,
    not for strangers with you.
  5. 18Let your spring be blessed.
    Rejoice in the wife of your youth.